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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (22 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Its operating and capital cost plans are reviewed by the Commission for Energy Regulation. I have no concerns about Irish Water becoming insolvent.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the existing Part V provisions, developers are required to ensure that up to 20% of land zoned for residential and other uses, shall be reserved for social or affordable housing. However, with the substantial fall off in private construction, very little social housing is currently being provided under Part V. Informed by a recent review of the Part V provisions, which included a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (22 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: With the installation of domestic water meters, it becomes possible to identify domestic properties with leaks.  If Irish Water suspects that there is a leak at a domestic property it will inform the property owner/occupier accordingly. The occupier will also be able to check this as it will usually manifest itself as a high meter read or a continuous flow of water through the meter. If...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (22 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of such works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (22 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: As I indicated to the Deputy in my reply to Question No. 243 of 26 March 2015, the Producer Responsibility Initiative scheme for tyres will comprise the following main features: - A single compliance scheme for end-of-life tyres to be operated by Repak, - The ending of the option to “self-comply” under the Regulations, - Formalisation of the existing recycling charge into...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (22 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Approved Housing Body (AHB) Mortgage to Rent Scheme (AHB-mortgage-to-rent) an AHB can acquire ownership of a property with an unsustainable private mortgage, enabling the household to remain in their home as a social housing tenant. To be eligible for the Approved Housing Body (AHB) mortgage-to-rent scheme a household must have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of such works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. In accordance with section 10 of the Housing Act 1988, statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: A key component of the strategy to establish Irish Water is that Irish Water will be classified as a Market Corporation under Eurostat rules and as a result, will not, other than in relation to Government support, be included in the calculation of the General Government Balance. The Government remains confident that Irish Water will pass the Market Corporation Test. The Central Statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The overall package of measures on Irish Water financing announced by Government last November is designed to make water charges more affordable for customers.  The charges structure was revised with a view to making it simpler and fairer, providing more clarity and certainty to households.   The overall cost for those who register with Irish Water, net of the €100 water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a key Government priority and a major pillar of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, which I published on 26 November 2014. The HAP scheme will bring all social housing supports provided by the State under the aegis of local authorities. The scheme will remove a barrier to employment by allowing recipients to remain in the scheme if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: According to the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH), the national federation of non-profit housing associations, its’ associations manage up to 27,000 homes for families and vulnerable groups. Further details are available on the ICSH website:. Under my Department’s two main capital schemes which support the acquisition and development of social housing units by approved...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Irish Water has a €300m loan from the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) at an annual interest rate of 2.5%. There is no security for this loan but the loan is guaranteed by the Minister for Finance, for which a separate guarantee fee is payable. Irish Water has put in place facilities with commercial banks in the amount of €400m. Further facilities of some €200m are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Since the inception of the Rental Accommodation Scheme in 2004, expenditure up to the end of 2014 has totalled €776.7 million. The following table sets out the annual expenditure for the years requested: Year Annual Expenditure 2005 €723,281 2008 €53,025,430 2011 €115,917,365 2013 €130,886,608 Recoupment made to local authorities under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The latest summary of social housing assessments, which was carried out as of 7 May 2013, showed that there were 89,872 households on local authority waiting lists at that date. Of this figure, 42,109 households, or 47% of the total, were in private rented accommodation and in receipt of rent supplement. The full 2013 results are available on my Department’s website at:. In order to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: An indicative allocation of €15m recently issued to Dublin City Council in respect of their 2015 Regeneration Work Programme. My Department is currently engaging with the relevant local authorities to agree 2015 Work Programmes and allocations for each of the remaining regeneration projects. It is expected that this pro cess will be concluded shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628, 631 and 634 together. Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. The Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020includes a commitment to make the Regulations necessary for its introduction in the second quarter of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Associations (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 6(6) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 makes provision to grant approved housing body (AHB) status to housing associations. AHBs consist mainly of voluntary or co-operative organisations limited by guarantee and registered under the Companies Acts; societies registered under the Industrial & Provident Societies Acts; and/or Trusts incorporated under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: A key component of the strategy to establish Irish Water is that Irish Water will be classified as a Market Corporation under EUROSTAT rules and as a result, will not, other than in relation to Government support, be included in the calculation of the General Government Balance. The Government remains confident that Irish Water will pass the Market Corporation Test. The Central Statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (21 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which includes adopting the annual budget, and are democratically...